Joint Hiring Powers on Execs

The House of Bishops has joined the House of Deputies in granting joint authority to the presiding bishop and the president of the House of Deputies when they hire the church’s top executives.

During its legislative session Wednesday afternoon, the House of Bishops had considered Substitute Resolution A004 (Amend I.4.1-8: Restructure Executive Council). The resolution is a rewrite of the canons regulating the most powerful governing body in the church, outside of General Convention. The text had material incorporated from various sources (see “Power to Fire?” for more details), and had already passed the House of Deputies, with some amendments.

The bishops’ Committee on Structure and Governance gave a report on the resolution before deliberation began. Bishop Clifton Daniel of Pennsylvania III, chair of the committee, told the House of Bishops that the committee had made further amendment to the resolution. It would allow the presiding bishop sole authority in hiring top executives for the Episcopal Church Center.

On Wednesday afternoon the bishops debated that change without reaching any agreement. On Thursday morning the bishops rejected the change.

Church of the Redeemer in Sarasota Florida is searching for a new rector after our previous rector of 26 years retired. Redeemer is an Anglo-Catholic high church that has a variety of different services available. Our candidate will have served at a large parish similar in size to Church of the Redeemer (2300 Members). We are searching for a priest with biblical preaching and teaching, a traditional approach to liturgy. Redeemer’s next rector will have demonstrated previous success in stewardship and fundraising in both operations and capital projects. Redeemer’s next rector will have skills to continue our strong fund-raising for our multi-phase capital campaign (almost 7 million and growing) and the ability to grow our $2,800,000 operating budget, along with motivation to continue and expand our consistent growth. Our next rector will be a person of integrity, strong and deep spirituality, that is passionate in pastoral care and models daily prayer in their life. This person must be able to motivate a large staff and our many parishioners in their spiritual lives. They must be an effective preacher to all ages and support our strong Christian formation program. We are searching for someone very approachable to all ages and dedicated to pastoral care. In being a downtown church, it is vital that our new rector continue with our vital outreach programs in the community and the world. Please send your resume to rectorsearchredeemer@gmail.com We will be collecting resumes until July 3, 2020. Any questions should be directed to Janet Trefry, Senior Warden: 941-809-3771.